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Your favourite Chopin piano work

Well (slightly with reverence to Mat) I'd have to say one of my favourite piano pieces of this sublime master would have to be the wonderous Fantasy Impromptu. What's yours?

I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.Albert Einstein.

I too like this one for Technical disply:But for good listening I like Nocturne Op.9-2. I guess because of the flowing melodic line and I enjoy playing it....Also Etude Op.10-3 "Chanson de L'adieu " is a favorite

....To play only what is written is the domain of science. To realize what is not written is the domain of art."
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I agree

Originally Posted by Mat

It's almost impossible to pick just one, but I'd probably go with one of his ballades - in f minor. Or with his c# minor etude op. 25, or the two-four waltz, or...

It is difficult to pick just one...I bought his complete works...they are AWESOME! But I also like Scriabin...his spiritual son who goes a bit more modern...When I was 5 and I started learning to play piano I dreamt about playing Chopin...Now, an adult who cannot play piano well...I just listen to these enormous works and I am amazed.

OH Art - yes, of course the Noctures are just sublime. No other composer wrote so beautifully for the piano with such a diversity of styles whilst still keeping the essence of his homeland firmly seasoned on each pearl.

I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.Albert Einstein.

Oscar Levant is a revelation to me ... I need to broaden my horizons, seemingly. CMB, thank you soooooooooo much for the link: exquisite playing.

I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.Albert Einstein.

I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.Albert Einstein.

Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante - A most perfect gem by Chopin.

*If a man wants God to hear his prayer quickly, then before he prays for anything else, even his own soul, when he stands and stretches out his hands towards God, he must pray with all his heart for his enemies. Through this action God will hear everything that he asks* -Abba Zeno-

*Protagoras: "Truth is subjective. What is true for you, and what is true for me, is true for me. Your opinion is true by virtue of its being your opinion."

*Socrates: "My opinion is: Truth is absolute, not opinion, and that you are in absolute error. Since this is my opinion, then according to your philosophy you must grant that it is true."

Hey Corno - yes, the Andante Spianato is great - I agree (as is the grand brilliant polonaise).

I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.Albert Einstein.